An up-close look at the Robert E. Lee ‘time capsule’ cornerstone box: New artifacts found inside

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More than 130 years after artifacts were placed in a copper box and sealed within the pedestal that would sit beneath the Robert E. Lee statue on Richmond’s Monument Avenue, the Department of Historic Resources has compiled a detailed inventory of what was found inside when that box was unearthed in Dec. 2021.